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My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Mother |
| Location | No place but Texas, United States |
| Introduction | Born in the '60s when liberal was new and cool, raised in the '80s when conservatism was hip, reverted to childlike state in the early '90s, got my bearings in the new millennium after the birth of my first child and, later, 9/11. I'm over 40 and I've turned parenting into an extreme sport. I read, I write, I remark, and then do it all over again ad nauseum. My mind is usually in overdrive long after my body has hit the bed, and the older I get the more firmly I believe Jesus was who he said he was and that God really does drive the boat. I am nothing without Him and with Him all things are possible. |
| Interests | Writing, raising children, inventing simplified laundry techniques, reading, pest control, education, spiders, the perfect cornbread, and astronomy |
| Favorite movies | Schindler's List, The Loved One, On the Beach, Michael, The Apostle, The Pawnbroker, Hunt for Red October, |
| Favorite music | Anything by Elvis, bluegrass, contemporary Christian including Casting Crowns, Bebo Norman, and Paul Coleman, Chopin nocturnes as played by my talented pianist husband, and the hymn "Amazing Grace." (I am that wretch) |
| Favorite books | The Bible, Living for Christ in the Daily Grind, How Children Learn, Underground History of American Education, The Well-Trained Mind, anything by Lord Byron, W. Somerset Maugham or Jean Paul Sartre, Raising Children Who Think For Themselves, all books by John Holt (dean of the independent learning movement), and Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary of the English Language |